“I’m always interested in learning something new.”— Katherine Johnson Related Quotes “Nearly everyday life leans over and says, ‘Come on down!’ But standing at the bottom looking up, it’s finally dawned on me that it’s not these invitations that have dug this hole. Rather, it’s the fact that I accepted them.”— Craig D. Lounsbrough “In Ronald Reagan’s chaotic childhood, the imagination was armor. There is nothing unusual about that; transcending the doubts, hesitations, and fears swirling around you by casting yourself internally as the hero of your own adventure story is a characteristic psychic defense mechanism of the Boy Who Disappears.”— Rick Perlstein “I could feel my anger dissipating as the miles went by–you can’t run and stay mad!”— Kathrine Switzer